Chemically striking regions on Mars and Stealth revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Karunatillake, Suniti ^d   Wray, James J ^d   Squyres, Steven W ^e   Taylor, G Jeffrey ^f   Gasnault, Olivier ^c   McLennan, Scott M ^c   Boynton, William ^a   Maarry, M R El ^b   Dohm, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMAGING METHOD; MARS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 76849084887     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003303     Document Type: Article

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